Climbing up

Climbing Up    9/6/2013

Some things work the first time

But something’s are more trouble

Either because you got it wrong

Or turned it upside down. 

Those are the times

That you must

Take it all apart

And start over

Rebuilding from scratch

What you already thought was done.

Life isn’t easy

And life isn’t perfect

Because no matter how hard we try

There will always be

A missing piece.

But there is a reason for everything

And there is a reason for this also

Because it reminds us who we are

And where we are going. 

Sometimes we forget

About what love really is

How sometimes we must lose

In order to win. 

We are born

With a hole in our hearts

A hole that longs to be filled

With what we once had 

And who we once knew. 

God loves us

But his love

Is more than a feeling

It is the genuine kind of love

That lasts forever.

He watches every step

And knows every flaw

Watching us fall

As we learn to walk

And smiling as we learn. 

He scolds us

Because he knows us

And wants us to know

True happiness,

Joy and peace. 

He sees the end from the beginning

And knows where our steps will lead

Knowing the consequences of every action

Upon the spirit and the soul.

We belong to him

And we belong to each other

As we all wander the earth

Searching for home. 

Seek what is true

And grasp at the eternal

Unafraid of loss

Or rejection. 

He who asks

Will find

And he who grows

Will know.

Training ourselves

In every way

To learn from our mistakes

As we struggle ever upward

Against the tide.

Never give up

And never give in

But give away all your pain

Letting it rise

Ever upwards in prayer. 

All that is lost

Will be returned

And all the missing pieces

Will fall into place. 

We will be together

And all the holes will be filled

The day that we remember

All that we have

And all that we love.